Ages ago, when I was looking for funding sources for my Science Literacy non-profit (now folded, sadly), I was told to not even bother with adults. That the only funding was for kids.

It may have been true about funding sources, but I'm still frustrated that getting funding for general public science education was so hard to get.

But we're now seeing the consequences of focusing on only children for science education. And only children who 'showed promise' in Science.

also they keep getting Merkle-Damgård wrong in the text layer it's decomposed into like `a or some shit. lliterally could not be exerting less effort

@pallenberg Moin und guten Flug 🍀

History is full of people who simply kept going despite having absolutely no idea what was happening. Some of them became kings. Others invented the traffic cone. There is dignity in both. #gooderliving

My local shopping centre.
This photo sums up the woeful cycling infrastructure in my part of the UK.
#BikeTooter #Cycling

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@haveibeenpwned/117147192923305032

Ach guck an

A well known example of such a weakness, discussed in [7], is the insecurity of the MAC function constructed from a Merkle-Damgård hash function by feeding the latter with the secret key followed by the message.

yeah cause it can leak the secret key not because it breaks the hash. this is SO unserious

Please use open source systems whenever possible so you can review the source code. Encourage vendors you work with to stop keeping their software hidden so it can be audited.

Slovakia discovers Russian backdoors in 279 new traffic cameras — SMS-triggered shell access and passwordless live feeds found in EU-funded rollout | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/slovakia-discovers-russian-backdoors-in-279-new-traffic-cameras-national-security-service-deactivates-offending-units

For those who can read the original:
https://www.sk-cert.sk/sk/varovanie-pred-rizikami-cestnych-meradiel/index.html

#hacking #cybersecurity #surveillance

Vicofaro chiude, ma l’accoglienza non si arrende

Dopo dieci anni al fianco dei migranti, don Massimo Biancalani denuncia l’abbandono della Chiesa e il peso delle pressioni politiche: «Mi sono sentito tradito, ma vado avanti con i poveri, senza paura».

https://www.osservatoriorepressione.info/vicofaro-chiude-ma-laccoglienza-non-si-arrende/

Yesterday marked 10 years since the publication of our article on how Excel spreadsheets cause autocorrect errors to genomics data.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7
#bioinformatics #genomics

Ben isn't on here so I will shamelessly promote the recording of his #emfcamp set:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepQAdnqCJ4

#OtD 24 Aug 1918 Polish Jewish socialist Warsaw ghetto uprising fighter, Tosia Altman, was born. She was critical in smuggling grenades and small arms to the rebels. She was captured in January 1943 but rescued and resumed fighting until the end of May https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9627/tosia-altman

@Hearth @skyguided *nods* bytes have 6 bits

Moreover, weaknesses have been shown in the Merkle-Damgård construction itself.

gasp! not my Merkle-Damgård construct!!! anything but my Merkle-Damgård!!!!!

I thought Brand New Day was pretty good. I liked some of the other Holland Spider-Man movies better, but on the scale of Marvel films, I enjoyed this quite a bit. The surprise character reveal was a really fun moment that I’m especially surprised didn’t get spoiled for me in advance. #film #marvel

Currarong
A7r full spectrum IR + 850nm filter + Sirui Saturn 50/2.9 Anamorphic

#Photography

If you're still wearing a mask, thank you! If you stopped, but you're able to wear one, now is a really good time to start again. It not only protects you, but others too. Masking is community care.

#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #FluPrevention #communitycare #maskingissolidarity #disabled #disability #maskingiskindness